WHEREAS, Winthrop University with grateful appreciation, does hereby acknowledge,
commend and honor the many years of distinguished service of Mr. Dalton B. Floyd,
Jr. as a member of the Winthrop University Board of Trustees; and
WHEREAS, during his tenure as Chair of the Board, he exercised exemplary leadership
and vision during the search for the 10th president of Winthrop and worked tirelessly
to strengthen the University, to further its progress toward reaching its institutional
goals and to fulfill its educational mission of continuing its tradition of outstanding
service to its students and the State of South Carolina; and
WHEREAS, by establishing the Dalton B. Floyd, Jr. and Linda Floyd Professorship in
Leadership Studies that will allow talented faculty to continue to enhance the program
and to further develop curricular and experiential opportunities for Winthrop students,
he sent a clear message and set a powerful example for others to follow; and
WHEREAS, with his wife, Linda Floyd, he has employed his community spirit and his
resolute commitment to campus safety for all students by his support and dedication
to our state's annual safety conference that has achieved national recognition; and
WHEREAS, with his remarkable and varied record of public service including roles as
Chair of the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, President of the South
Carolina Higher Education Foundation, and member of the Board of Visitors of the Medical
University of South Carolina, the Winthrop Board of Trustees praise him for his many
years of time and talent freely given in support of higher education in South Carolina;
THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED that the Winthrop University Board of Trustees and President
DiGiorgio, on behalf of the students, faculty and staff at Winthrop University, and
the extended public higher education community, gratefully acknowledge the vigorous
advocacy and heartfelt concern that Dalton has demonstrated on behalf of higher education
in general and Winthrop in particular , and in commending him for outstanding meritorious
service, do wish him every success and happiness in all his future endeavors.
June 7, 2013
